00:00Israel's political security cabinet approves a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City,
00:07marking yet another major escalation to the war.
00:11Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the Israel Defense Forces
00:15will prepare to occupy Gaza City while delivering humanitarian aid outside combat zones.
00:23In a Fox News interview, Netanyahu confirmed plans to seize the coastal territory
00:28but said governance would be transferred to Arab forces.
00:32He said Israel did not want permanent control, aimed only for a security parameter
00:36and would not act as Gaza's governing authority.
00:40On Thursday, Netanyahu declared Israel intended to take military control of the entire Gaza Strip,
00:45though Friday's plan targeted the northern city specifically.
00:49In response, Hamas official Osama Hamdan told Al Jazeera
00:52that the group would treat any governing force in Gaza as an occupying power tied to Israel.
00:58And that is to continue...
00:59And that is to continue...
00:59...
01:00Thank you,
